Oiling apparatus.



T` SHIPLEY,

OILING APPARATUS. APPLICATION HLED MAY2'8.1917.

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olLlNG APPARATUS. V APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. I9I7- 1,259,036., Patented D60. 11,19171 4 SHEETS--SHEET 2.

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APPLICATIONYFILED MAY 2B. 1917.

Patented Dee. 11, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY28, I9I7.

Patentd Dec. 11,- 1917.

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ILENG APPARATUS.

.To ail whom t 'may cof/wem;

Be it known that If, THOMAS Lmmer, citizen of the United Ste-tes, omi o resident of the city of York, iii the county of York and State of Penneyivmiin, ne-ve iiiventeii certain new and useful improvements in Oiiing Apparatus, of 'whioi the oiiowiiig is a specitioation.

The oiiixig apparatus or system in which my invention is comprised is designed, more particuiariy for gas Compressors of, the i11- oiosed. type so cnilc-ciwthet is to soy, a compressor in which the compressor cylinder or oyliners are ereeteci noon e base, which constitutes :t chamber for the trank portion of the driving shaft to which the compressor pistons are connected mi from which they ere driven, which cheminer is seaied by Suitable means to torni an oir pressor pistons are free to move.

et' the compressor oyiinders which rest oir the Crank ease are entireiy ogen and it" tight crank case in which the @rank portion of the driving shaft, together with the oonneotioiis between the @ranke and the com The endo :snugly into openings :formefi for their reeeption in the 'top oii the erotik Cttee. They are Secureiy bolted together ami the joint between them being tightiy packed to eti" elude the outside air. The compressor evi-- infiere thus open directly in' i, and r. illimitate direotiy with the nir tight inte i. O of the crank cesse, :and the compromet' 'gistom are thus vfree to be connected fiireotiy to their respective cranks on the thriving shaft, by Connecting rode which are hung; at their upper ends on cross pios or pivots in their respective piston heads, :ind zit their lower @ms have the ugual strop connections with their driving Granite. finis :iii of the bearings; for that portion of the driving shaft inciosed in the crook oase, together with ail the Connections, between Said shaft and the compression oyiinder pistons, nre Contained within the :tir tight crunk oai-se and the portions of the compressor oyiiiiders which. eommunicnte with the mme.

t is. the object of nl y invention to provide :i con-fouient, simple :md efficient means :for

lubricatingthe joints and bearings timsf contained-within the crank oase. To this enti I Combine with the ail' tight omni; ease, a mein oii pipe line, external to the Crook case, through Whichthe oii circulates in a closed circuit complete. through 'tile `tir tight Crank oase, ami ineiuciing ein oii reseix Specification of Lette-:s Eetent "with tire operotioo. of the 1 mainly oiiorocte Voir (pretereiiy the ,ow/er p i oase), a, pump which erm i .1 f from said reeervoiii' ifieii charge the o- Jort the difiere-it parte oe i'ifof ieefted7 the excess oi? oil time f charged dropping; .into the body of oii in the lower pa, ei tile crank from which the pump drame its supply; Under my invention the iut/ricatti :des form the terminait oi'i branches A from the r '1i iiiie into the erotik met; Flach injecting n ie hoe own ii mi' seperately und iroepeiiiionti3-f connected to 'the moin iiiie, om A erich i ich is eqif with ite own cleaner iittiog by; wine (i: nozzle as Weii :ie the interior of the botiy oi the brsiiieh can 'be eieetiwiy kept from be coming clogged 'op when the eppoi-ii' iii operation? omi with its om" by which it mvv be out out of t .e oifouit witiiou intei'iiei'i cirouiatioo. of the oii ifi me mail;

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(he. f-yzmh (mso ir-L drawn through ih@ pipI ,fi anni thrw wily cock L iuo :md through shn Uhr): F whence it passes s'rnrui @d und iii- 'fsrm" ih'ruugh animation K mui (hrw ivny wvl; TQ" into hc rifiziry pump i which hsvhzxrr. 'mio the lim, i) from which the; oil is ditrihnmd to ihr iiljuh'ig 11m/,nies through hriuivhi. as will hr prvSMH-iy (i0- ScrihmL fr pm. 'u tage X is phwmi in *che mail: iin@ ai, ih@ :ingle htwwn (he rism pm-Siem mi the horizontal pmrtimf m Said ihr; in whim the iiijmfiing Mumia hrzulvhs uw hiumbmi :1S iudinmr in Fig. 1, Fm "the piwpufwv, of huhu-ting n riso in nii prufssuru mviiig); m the stoppage 0f :my mw of 11h12 Y wcii :1S in indicatif thai. bhe system is w( my; propriy ixh-ndihg hvlwoen anni connecting the ihre@ way cocks and L is u hy-pnSS E in which iS interposed :i Straii'ior E. Through proper n'lzmipuhiiun of the thro@ wily cocks L, i! the, ypipL-S and 1 mm'mnimltioix with the iiier, and 'thrown into commliicutimi with (me, another through the bypass E, ih@ purpos of this nrrsmggomcuboing no cut mit thoy iiturng' poi', F (hiri i: ''hc time rvquired to open it'l for oiviii'xihgf., purposs sind to divert thhiiow mi oi "w ih@ pump :wound i'he iitering pst thus prrmigtihgg the, ailing: sysemjto can timm iminierruptediy in action durii'ig; thiS pario.

'Aiifieri :rra five 'branches from the, main line 17/ mated 1u Figs. 1 and 27 E, D

K can he out @if from r one group u ,s comparati with the, Gther. The

drawing in Fig. 5 represents on enlarged scale one of the brauch/es D with its Aovm noz/x12 and stop cock Y and cleaner itting 'in 'which :L izieril opening' is mmed im.' thi @Caption it this ter ima-. of h@ branch :u .L the stop Cock Y is interposed iii r-ii betwesn the main iin@ D and h@ @im r itting. From 4th@ inner and of the ng leads a pipe L to tic contracted iwi/,raie 5. The pip@ a in branch D is coniimous, being :i short pipe "which extfmds mii); part Way throi'lgfh die ver il hole m *oriiieci for its rception in "aha @op of the @milk ense, this; hoi@ extending' through the to); to 'the erior. of the case,A and consti *wh-C .G5 through which 'ai a oil dis Lo chargc um. the nozzle, rs led t@ a poum,

Lacona@ Where it can drip down upon that one of the end bearings of the crank shaft which that nozzle is to serve. The pipe a in branch l)13 being of some length and also being curved'for a portion of its length is sectional, being composed of three sections; the outer and intermediate sections being united by a bushing n extending through the side wall of the crank case, and the in termediate and being united by ,the usual pipe coupling Z this .section being upwardly curved in order to bring its nozzle into proper relation to the joint between the connecting rod and4 iston which it is designed to lubricate as indicated at the point marked 13 in Fig. 4. The cleaning device W in Fig. 6 consists of a flexible metallic at ribbon-like narrow Wire, preferably steel Wire,` of suicient Weight to prevent buckling and which may have a slight longitudinal spiral twist or other known or suitable cross-sectional conformation to render its clearing,l action more eective. rlhis cleaning Wire is attached at its outer end to a stem which passes out through a stuling box in the head of the fitting V, and has on its end an operating handle H. rllhe cleaning `Wire 'is of such length that When the handle H is pushed in toward the fitting V as shown in Figs. 5, 6 the end of the cleaning Wire will extend through and protrude beyond the tip of the nozzle By means of the handle the cleaning Wire can be reoiprocated in the pi e and forced to and fro through the nozzle tip with the effect ol dislodging any foreign matter therein. For the purpose f remoring lany foreign mattei' or clogging material that may accumulate in the pipe a leading from the fitting V to Vthe nozzle, the fitting is provided with a pet cock T. To thus clean the pipe the stop cool; Y is first closed, and the pet cock T is then opened, Where' upon the pressure which always exists in the crank case when the machine is in action vill blow to the atmosphere through the pipe c and the p of thoroughly purging the pipe.

The nozzeend of the pipe e in branch "im, which enters the crank case at point 1Q .in Fig. l is bent downward as'there indi cated in order to bring it .into proper proximity to, and position above, the central crank shaft bearing which it is to serve.

Having described my improvements and the best known Way to 'me of carrying the saine into practical effect- What if claim inner end curved sections' et cock, 'with the eiect.

ting and i@ ill herein as new and desire to secure by Letters y Patent is as follows:

l.. In a gas compressor of the type speen f lowing elements namely: a main oil pipe line external to the crank case; a plurality of independent branches leading therefrom into the crank case to the tained 'therein which require lubrication, each branch being `provided with itsown oil injecting nozzle, cleaning device .for the sainel operated from the exterior of the crank cate, and stop cock interposed between the cleaning device andthe main lino, the excess of oil ejected frmn said nozzles dropping into the lower pint of the crank case, which constitutes a reservoir to receive it, and theiarrangement being such that the cil circulates through said main line in a closed circuit completed through said branches and the crank case; and a pump interposed, in the main line between the oil reservoir and the branches from the main line, which draws its supply of oil from the oil reser- Voir and maintains it in continuous circulation under pressure through the pipe line and the crank case, substantially as and for the purposes hercinbcfore set forth.

The combination with the elements of the combination recited in claim. l, of a filter interposed in the main line between the oil 'reservoir and the pump, substantially as set forthi 3. The combination with the closed crank case, and oil reservoir, the main line, and the pump, of a plurality ot :independent branches; in each branch a nozzle; a cleaner tting; a pipe connecting the cleaner fitting and nozzle; a cleaning Wire extending through the cleaner fitting and pipe connectu ing the said fitting and nozzle and adapted tei/reciprocate back and forth through said pipe and nozzle; an operating stem .and handle for thns-operating the cleaning* Wire; and a pet cock carried by and communicating with the interior of the cleaner fitting.; and stop cocks, one for each branch, intery between the cleaner liti the main line, substantially as and for the purposes lier-einliefern set forth. j

l'n testimony 'whereof l aiix my signatune.

THOll/l eS SHPLEKQ posed insaid branch several parte con- 

